How to init_object on self using new class binding method?

[brettmc]

I was testing out master branch and updating some code to use the changes from #175
It's not clear how I can create a class method (static or not) to create a new instance of self using this new approach? I didn't see any of the updated examples doing this.

For example, if I wanted to implement

$a = new A();
$b = $a->copy();
//or
$c = A::newInstance();

how do I get a reference to the class from my add_method or add_static_method so I can call init_object() on it?

I thought something like this might work:

pub fn make_a_class() -> ClassEntity<()> {
    let mut class =
        ClassEntity::<()>::new_with_default_state_constructor(A_CLASS_NAME);

    class.add_static_method("newInstance", Visibility::Public, |_| {
        let mut object = class.init_object()?;
        Ok::<_, phper::Error>(object)
    });
    class
}

but I get an error that init_object method is not found on ClassEntity...

[jmjoy]

Sorry, I didn't think of this situation. Let me think about it again. If it doesn't work, I will roll back #175

[jmjoy]

I think we can make this method public. What do you think?

phper/phper/src/classes.rs

Lines 693 to 697 in e90afbc

	#[inline]
	pub(crate) fn bind_class(&self) -> StateClass<T> {
	self.bind_class.clone()
	}
	}

[brettmc]

I think we can make this method public. What do you think?

If it works, I will be happy :)
If it works, I can write a test for it, and try to update some documentation too.